Iggy and the Stooges: Ready to Die

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The appropriately named Ready to Die is the successful follow-up, 40
years on, to one of the greatest — and nastiest — rock albums. After the raw
garage of their 1969 debut and the wild jazz of 1970’s Fun House,
Pop and his Stooges drafted in James Williamson, a troubled teen from the
Detroit area, to play guitar on a third album. Decamping to England in 1972
at the behest of David Bowie, they recorded Raw Power, a visceral
blend of nihilistic lyrics and aggressive guitar that predicted the chaos
and anger of punk. It bombed.